# underline
## English
### Etymology

From under- +‎ line.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈʌndəˌlaɪn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (General American, alternative pronunciation of the verb) IPA: /ˌʌndɚˈlaɪn/
* (Received Pronunciation, alternative pronunciation of the verb) IPA: /ˌʌndəˈlaɪn/
* Rhymes: -aɪn (for alternative pronunciation of the verb)

### Noun

underline (plural underlines)
* A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.
* (uncommon) The character _.
    Synonyms: underscore, low line
* (dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.
* (dated) A caption beneath a photograph (which may have more than one line of text).
** 1944 May and June, “Notes and News: The Most Powerful 0-6-0”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:Several readers [...] write to point out that the ex-Great Eastern 0-6-0s now classified as "J20" in the L.N.E.R. lists, no longer hold the supremacy for power among British 0-6-0 locomotives as suggested in the underline to the photograph of one of them which appeared on p. 100 of the March-April issue.

#### Translations
### Verb

underline (third-person singular simple present underlines, present participle underlining, simple past and past participle underlined)
* To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis.
    Synonym: underscore
    Coordinate terms: bold, boldface, embolden, italicize, strike through
    underline the important words in the text
* (figuratively) To emphasise or stress something.
** 2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBCSport‎:The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.
* (figurative, obsolete) To influence secretly.
** 1642, Henry Wotton, The Life and Death of the Duke of Buckingham:By mere chance in appearance, though underlined with a providence, they had a full light of the infanta.

#### Translations
### Adjective

underline (not comparable)
* Passing under a railway line.
    Coordinate terms: at-grade, overgrade, undergrade
** 1950, Leonora Fry, C. W. Huxtable, Get to know: British railways, page 26:Just as it was sometimes necessary to lower the road to take it beneath an underline bridge, so in this case it might be necessary to raise it.
** 1960 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 369:A minute was saved by smart working at Ipswich, but soon after came yet another delay, a 10 m.p.h. slack over an underline bridge being reconstructed between Bramford and Claydon.
** 1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412:As to underbridges, the policy is to wait until the small underline bridges become due for renewal when they will be replaced by prestressed concrete structures.

#### See also

* underline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Typography
* ampersand ( & )
* asterisk ( * ) and asterism ( ⁂ )
* at sign ( @ )
* backslash ( \ )
* bullet ( • )
* dagger ( † ‡ )
* degree symbol ( ° )
* number sign ( # )
* prime ( ′ )
* tilde ( ~ )
* underscore ( _ )
* vertical bar/pipe ( | )

### Anagrams

* unlinered

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English underline.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌɐ̃.deʁˈlaj.ni/ [ˌɐ̃.deɦˈlaɪ̯.ni], /ˌũ.deʁˈlaj.ni/ [ˌũ.deɦˈlaɪ̯.ni]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌɐ̃.deʁˈlaj.ni/ [ˌɐ̃.deɦˈlaɪ̯.ni], /ˌũ.deʁˈlaj.ni/ [ˌũ.deɦˈlaɪ̯.ni]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˌɐ̃.deɾˈlaj.ni/ [ˌɐ̃.deɾˈlaɪ̯.ni], /ˌũ.deɾˈlaj.ni/ [ˌũ.deɾˈlaɪ̯.ni]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˌɐ̃.deʁˈlaj.ni/ [ˌɐ̃.deʁˈlaɪ̯.ni], /ˌũ.deʁˈlaj.ni/ [ˌũ.deʁˈlaɪ̯.ni]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌɐ̃.deɻˈlaj.ne/ [ˌɐ̃.deɻˈlaɪ̯.ne], /ˌũ.deɻˈlaj.ne/ [ˌũ.deɻˈlaɪ̯.ne]

### Noun

underline m (plural underlines)
* underscore (name of the character _)
    Synonyms: sublinha, sublinhado, subtraço, traço inferior
** 2008, Flavia Reisswitz, Análise de Sistemas Vol. 3, Clube de Autores, page 10:Como uma última precaução, não podemos usar espaços, pois o compilador pode entender como sendo outra váriavel não separada por vírgula e acusará um erro. No lugar do espaço, pode-se usar underline (_).(please add an English translation of this quotation)